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Former Damned, Maniacs, Physicals and Rings guitarist Alan Lee Shaw answers Chairman Ralph's questions about his musical background, the dawning of punk and his experiences at the Mont de Marsan Punk Festival in this brief email interview.
| Jun 13, 2010 |
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Chairman Ralph runs the third, and final installment, of his lengthy chat with former Slits guitarist Viv Albertine, who shares anecdotes about the making of CUT, as well as her hopes and dreams for the future. | Dec 28, 2009 |
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Chairman Ralph presents part of his extensive phone interview with former Slits guitarist, Viv Albertine. In this installment, she discusses her new songs, how the Slits began, and the early 1976-77 British punk rock scene. | Nov 30, 2009 |
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Chairman Ralph presents part one of an interview with Viv Albertine, the former Slits guitarist, who talks about her first-ever US solo tour -- which caps a return to the music business wars after an absence of more than 25-odd years. | Nov 30, 2009 |
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Chairman Ralph posts the extended version of his interview with Vince White, former guitarist in the "Clash Mark II" lineup. Their 7/02/07 chat focuses on OUT OF CONTROL: THE LAST DAYS OF THE CLASH, Vince's black-humored account of his two-year tenure with the self-styled Only Band That Matters. | Nov 25, 2009 |
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Chairman Ralph asked longtime compadre, Darryl Read, to compare and contrast today's digital recording techniques with those used for his proto-punk trio out of time, Crushed Butler. The resulting November 2005 email interview appears in its entirety for the first time. | Jul 9, 2009 |
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Although many spoken word projects justifiably carry the baggage of dashed expectations, BLEEDING PARADISE -- a collaboration between proto-punk pioneer Darryl Read, and former Doors keyboardist, Ray Manzarek -- is a far different affair. Shortly after BLEEDING PARADISE's release, Chairman Ralph talked with Ray about his views of the recording process, what it's like to work with topflight lyricists like Darryl, Michael McClure, and Jim Morrison, and his philosophy of improvisation. | May 7, 2009 |
